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Morrison/Evergreen/Littleton Climbing

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Areas in Morrison/Evergreen/Littleton

Alderfer/Three Sisters Park 9 / 0 / 4 / 456 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 471

Bear Creek Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Bear Creek Cave, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Beaver's Tale Tower 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Bell Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 36 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36

Birds and the Bees 7 / 1 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9

Carburetor Canyon 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4

Corwina Park Boulders 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2

Crow's Nest, The 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Crystal Palace aka The Crystal (submitted as What's With all These Tiny Trees? (WWATTT)) 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Dedisse Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Deer Creek Canyon Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Deer Creek Canyon Cave 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Deer Creek Crag 0 / 4 / 2 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14

Elephant Butte 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Elk Meadow Overhang 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

Extraterrestrial, The 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Fireblack Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12

Gretel's Rock 2 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 16

Juniper Pass 16 / 25 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 38

Lover's Leap 15 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15

Matt Damon on the Side of the Road Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Matthews-Winters Park 0 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34

Maxwell Falls 0 / 3 / 0 / 32 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 35

Morrison Boulders 0 / 0 / 3 / 230 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 232

Morrison Routes 9 / 8 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 19

Mount Morrison 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5

Mountain Air Ranch Boulders 0 / 0 / 1 / 7 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7

Ocelot Cliffs 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1

Pyramid Boulder 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3

Roog's Wall 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11

Urban Alpine Crag, The 0 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6

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Description

Morrison

is well known as a classic Front Range bouldering area - an outdoor climbing gym with two distinctive atmospheres. On the Northern side of the road, it's rare to boulder by yourself, whereas the southern side I've yet to met anyone there.

The town of Morrison is a small but thriving town whose major industries are tourism and margaritas - especially in the summer. Visitors come for our restaurants, rocks, and/or rock concerts at Red Rocks. The population is about 500 people.

Evergreen is further up Bear Valley at 7200 feet, approximately 20 minutes from Morrison. It's considerably larger than Morrison with about 30,000 residents, although many of them are very spread out.

Littleton is in the area and technically has some of the climbing in this area.

Getting There

From Boulder, take CO Hwy 93 to Golden, US 6 to C-470 heading South, and get off 5-10 minutes later at Morrison. Take a right after exiting. One can also take a right just past Golden on Heritage Rd, which becomes a highway that goes by Red Rocks and spits you out into Morrison on the west side. Continue up CO Hwy 74 (Bear Creek Road) to Evergreen. Watch out for cyclists!

From Denver, take US 285 to C-470, then head north the the Morrison exit, and take a left into town. To get to Evergreen, continue up CO Hwy 74.

Map of Morrison, Evergreen, and Littleton;spn=0.11,0.18

Resources

This town is famous for its Margaritas and its Mexican food, and the one place to get them is the Morrison Inn. There is also a great Italian restaurant in town.

Camping

Per Derek Lawrence: the closest camping is at Bear Creek Lake Park - lakewood.org/bclp/.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Morrison/Evergreen/Littleton

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

V3 6A 411 ● Breashear's Crack II Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Cube Area
V3 6A 108 ● Guiding Light A.K.A Round Up Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Work & Play Area
V3 6A 92 ● The Troll Cave Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Work & Play Area
V3 6A 138 ● Super Phun Thyme Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Cube Area
V4 6B PG13 68 ● Wisdom A.K.A. The Best Boulder P… Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Brother's Lookout S Face
V4 6B 69 ● Alien Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Sisters/Hidden… > Arch Boulder
V5 6C 237 ● Double Arete Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Squirming Coil Area
V5 6C 93 ● Skipper Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Gilligan's Island
V5+ 6C+ 183 ● Squirming Coil Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Squirming Coil Area
V6- 7A 199 ● Dasani Boulder Morrison Boulders > Dark Side > Dasani Area
V6 7A 189 ● Helicopter Boulder Morrison Boulders > Black Hole
V6 7A R 60 ● Rupture Boulder Morrison Boulders > … > Caves > Rupture Cave
V6 7A 72 ● Ghost Dance Boulder Matthews-Winter… > Millenium Boulder
V7 7A+ 71 ● The Pearl Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Tortuga > Black Pearl
V8 7B 43 ● Thievery Boulder Alderfer/Three… > Energy Crag